https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Nearly four weeks after closing down, bars and restaurants in five of Switzerland’s six French-speaking regions will be back in business as of December 10th. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201126/cafs-and-restaurants-in-most-swiss-french-cantons-will-re-open-on-december-10th Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:36:02 +0100 cafs-and-restaurants-in-most-swiss-french-cantons-will-re-open-on-december-10th Neuchâtel and Fribourg join Geneva and several other cantons in Switzerland in mandating tougher measures to fight the spread of Covid-19. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201103/update-swiss-canton-of-neuchtel-to-implement-new-coronavirus-restrictions-on-wednesday Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:39:56 +0100 update-swiss-canton-of-neuchtel-to-implement-new-coronavirus-restrictions-on-wednesday Several Swiss cantons have announced tougher measures to fight the spread of Covid-19, going further than the rules implemented by the Federal Council. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201102/update-geneva-and-other-cantons-introduce-tighter-restrictions-to-curb-coronavirus-infections Mon, 02 Nov 2020 11:54:26 +0100 update-geneva-and-other-cantons-introduce-tighter-restrictions-to-curb-coronavirus-infections Faced with a significant increase of Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations, the Swiss cantons of Jura, Fribourg and Neuchâtel are implementing new restrictions starting on October 23rd. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201023/three-more-swiss-cantons-tighten-their-coronavirus-rules Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:07:02 +0200 three-more-swiss-cantons-tighten-their-coronavirus-rules Many in the town of Moutier have long sought to exit the canton of Bern and join neighbouring Jura. After a 2017 election was ruled invalid, the mayor has proposed another vote for mid-2020. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191003/separatist-swiss-region-plans-june-21-2020-mouti-exit-vote Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:50:01 +0200 separatist-swiss-region-plans-june-21-2020-mouti-exit-vote From Aargau to Zurich, we take a whistle-stop trip around the highlights for Switzerland's 26 cantons vising castles, lakes and mountains along the way. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170719/26-things-to-do-in-switzerland-26-cantons-travel Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:34:50 +0200 26-things-to-do-in-switzerland-26-cantons-travel Switzerland’s government has decided to recognise the dialect spoken in canton Jura as an official minority language. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181227/recognition-for-jura-based-french-dialect-after-european-council-report Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:44:31 +0100 recognition-for-jura-based-french-dialect-after-european-council-report A new video taken by cross-country skiers shows beautiful fog waves cresting a ridge in the Jura mountains of western Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181218/watch-fog-avalanche-rolls-over-mountain-ridge-in-swiss-jura Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:45:19 +0100 watch-fog-avalanche-rolls-over-mountain-ridge-in-swiss-jura Three months after the town of Moutier voted to leave the canton of Bern and join the Jura, two neighbouring communes have rejected a plan to follow suit. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170918/two-bern-villages-vote-against-following-moutier-to-canton-jura Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:11:17 +0200 two-bern-villages-vote-against-following-moutier-to-canton-jura The small commune of Belprahon could become the second village to quit the canton of Bern and join the Jura when its 300 residents vote on the issue on September 17th. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170809/jura-question-another-village-launches-campaign-to-leave-canton-bern Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:02:18 +0200 jura-question-another-village-launches-campaign-to-leave-canton-bern Paleontologists have discovered traces of a new dinosaur in Switzerland's northwestern Jura canton during construction work on a new motorway. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170627/enormous-dinosaur-footprints-discovered-in-switzerland Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:14:59 +0200 enormous-dinosaur-footprints-discovered-in-switzerland In a historic referendum on Sunday the people of Moutier chose to leave canton Bern and join canton Jura. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170619/moutier-makes-historic-decision-to-leave-canton-bern Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:06:34 +0200 moutier-makes-historic-decision-to-leave-canton-bern On June 18th the people of Moutier, a commune in the Jura mountains, will vote on whether to remain in the canton of Bern or leave it to join the canton of Jura instead. The Local looks back at the history of the hugely sensitive ‘Jura question’ that has led to this important vote. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170503/jura-separatism-why-moutier-may-vote-to-quit-its-canton Wed, 03 May 2017 14:56:37 +0200 jura-separatism-why-moutier-may-vote-to-quit-its-canton The A16 motorway across the Jura mountains will finally be completed with the inauguration of the final section on Monday, reported news agencies on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170331/transjura-motorway-finally-finished-30-years-after-works-began Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:33:24 +0200 transjura-motorway-finally-finished-30-years-after-works-began A driver hit and killed a 21-year-old man on a pedestrian crossing in the canton of Jura in the early hours of Saturday before leaving the scene. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161114/young-man-killed-in-hit-and-run-on-jura-road Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:52:27 +0100 young-man-killed-in-hit-and-run-on-jura-road Elderly people living in care homes in the canton of Jura took part in an Olympics-style event on Tuesday involving walking frame races and a darts competition. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160914/care-homes-in-swiss-jura-stage-elderly-olympics Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:45:23 +0200 care-homes-in-swiss-jura-stage-elderly-olympics The village of Buix in the Jura was flooded on Tuesday after violent rain and hail storms battered the region. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160608/jura-village-left-flooded-by-heavy-storms Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:49:05 +0200 jura-village-left-flooded-by-heavy-storms Refugees settled in the Swiss Jura can volunteer to undertake unpaid farming work this summer as part of a pilot programme aiming to help them integrate. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160524/farms-in-swiss-jura-to-pilot-refugee-integration-project Tue, 24 May 2016 12:12:10 +0200 farms-in-swiss-jura-to-pilot-refugee-integration-project The Swiss army has concluded its mission to airlift water to thirsty cows in the Jura and Vaud Alps after delivering 1,840 tons of water during the period of July 20th to August 19th, authorities have said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150821/swiss-army-ends-cow-rescue-mission Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:41:28 +0200 swiss-army-ends-cow-rescue-mission A paraglider spent more than three hours dangling from high-voltage power cables on Wednesday afternoon after being blown off course by a strong wind, Jura cantonal police reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150806/paraglider-rescued-from-high-voltage-power-lines Thu, 06 Aug 2015 11:48:31 +0200 paraglider-rescued-from-high-voltage-power-lines